Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Today is the last day of Craftin Desert Divas Sneak Peeks. The reveal is happening tomorrow. Have you picked your favorites yet?

We have 4 new stamp sets for this release and 2 new die sets designed by our own design team member Leah!

Today we are showcasing the new Pocket Pieces Hi Dies.

I have created another card featuring these dies. I love them to pieces!!

My focal image is from CDD Autumn Wishes stamp set. It is colored with Copic markers. I used my favorite CDD Fancy Frames Dies for the base of my card. The burlap piece behind my image was die cut with the new CDD Mix It Up Dies (available for purchase Thursday). I used the CDD Pocket Pieces Hi Dies for all the other elements on my card and finished it all off with a green paper clip and piece of twine.

Make sure to head on over to Facebook to participate in the page hop. There is a cute SVG that is free to all those who participate!

Join us this Thursday & Friday for our blog hop that will begin at the Craftin Desert Divas blog: craftindesertdivasblog.com and we will have more FREE SVGs. Not only will you get free SVGs for hopping but Tara is also giving away 2 - $25.00 gift certificates. All you have to do is comment on all the DTs blogs for your chance to win!!

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Hello friends! Today is day 1 of the Craftin Desert Divas September release sneak peeks on Facebook. You can join us on the CDD page HERE and see the wonderful projects and also get a free SVG file!!

For my project I had a bit of inky fun!

I used the CDD stamp set called Fright Night. I started with my background and used some Distress Inks to create a night sky. My stars were created by using some white acrylic paint with a very small paint brush.

I colored my kitty with Copic markers and added some clear Wink of Stella and some Glossy Accents to the eyes.

I pictured my kitty sitting on a fence so I created one in Silhouette Design Studio. I ran the pieces through my Big Shot with the Distress Stripes embossing folder. For a worn look, I added Distress Ink and dry brushed the fence with white acrylic paint. Lastly, I added the Jack-o-Lantern to finish the scene.

My youngest sister's birthday is coming up very soon so I thought this would be the perfect time to create here birthday card. She doesn't follow my blog or is on Facebook so I am pretty safe posting it before her birthday!

I wish this picture truly showed the colors. The base of the card is a pretty pinky peach color. I layered a piece of gold shimmer vellum on top of the base. It is such a subtle detail but I love when it catches the light. The next layer is a mint patterned paper that I die cut with CDD Fancy Frames Dies.

A piece of acetate with some gold bows was layered on top of the mint. I, then added a strip of the gold shimmer vellum and some peachy ombre' paper. I actually adhere the strips of paper down first before I sent the mint panel through my Big Shot.

The card is embellished with die cuts made from CDD Party Dies. I used gold cardstock to create the banner and one of the balloons. The gold theme was carried through to the strings on the balloons and the bow on the present.

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The scallop shape is from my Silhouette library. I used it to create the base of my card. Ribbon was added to match my patterned papers. I popped the die cut up on some foam tape and added Ranger Glossy Accents to all of the bubbles and my giraffe's eyes.